Dhanush was seen as ‘odd’ when Aanand L Rai cast him in Raanjhana, director recalls: ‘A 6 foot tall, fair boy was seen as a hero’ – The Indian Express
Dhanush, who was not too long ago seen in Captain Miller, made his debut in Hindi films manner earlier than the idea of pan-Indian movies grew to become large in India. Again in 2013, Dhanush performed a lead position in Aanand L Rai’s Raanjhanaa and whereas the actor was a power to be reckoned with within the Tamil trade, the Hindi movie viewers wasn’t very aware of his work. In a latest interview, Rai shared that his determination to solid Dhanush within the film was met with some opposition as “individuals noticed him as odd”. Primarily, this was as a result of the northern a part of the nation noticed heroes as having sure bodily attributes and Dhanush didn’t fall in that class.
The filmmaker informed Mashable India, “Now we have a picture for a hero which is slowly altering now. However at the moment, in 2012-23… within the north, a 6 foot tall, honest boy was seen as a hero. That was the picture. In such a world, Dhanush, who was a star in south, however right here, individuals noticed him as odd. However if you see him within the movie and when he performs, there isn’t a yet one more interesting than him.”
He refused to expose what naysayers informed him about Dhanush on the time. The director has since labored with Dhanush in Atrangi Re. The 2 have introduced their collaboration on the upcoming movie Tere Ishk Mein.
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In the middle of the dialog, Aanand L Rai additionally addressed the accusations that his movie Raanjhanaa promoted stalking because the lead hero resorts to stalking to observe the feminine actor. He mentioned, “After we had been accused that that is stalking, I believed that I don’t even know that that is stalking. For a boy in Varanasi, that is how he expresses his love. It’s flawed and I’m not making an attempt to defend it however the boy whose story I’m making an attempt to inform, that is all that he is aware of.”
Actors Swara Bhasker and Abhay Deol, who had been additionally part of the movie, have beforehand mentioned that the movie glorifed stalking. In 2020, Abhay had shared on social media that “historical past won’t look kindly at this movie for its regressive message”. He shared, “It’s been a theme in Bollywood for many years, the place a boy can (and will), pursue a woman till she relents. Solely in cinema does she do this willfully. In actuality, we have now seen repeatedly that it results in sexual violence of some type. Glorifying it on display screen solely results in blaming the sufferer.”
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